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Ethno-Tour to the Carpathian Mountains
Tour from: Ivano-Frankivs'k
Tour to: Ivano-Frankivs'k - Maniava - Kolomyia - Kosiv - Kryvorivnia - Verkhovyna - Chernivtsi
You will see beautiful and charming nature of the Ukrainian Carpathians.
You are going to visit the most original ethnographic regions of these mountains - Hutsulshina and Bukovina – the places with folk traditions, delicious cuisine and extremely friendly people.
Tour program:
Arrival to Ivano-Frankivsk & city tour.
In the Carpathians there are a lot of sites with a strong energy and aura. One of those places is an ancient monastery Maniavsky skete. You are welcome to have a lunch at the refectory and to walk up to the holy spring.
Check-in at the hospitable Hutsul mansion.
Dinner and acquaintance party. All interested may enjoy sauna.
Objects of the day: Ivano-Frankivs'k , Maniava
Trip to Kolomya.
This town attracts thousands of tourists due to its unique museums with the richest collections of folk art objects.
Museum of Hutsul and Pokuttia Folk Art - the best show-pieces of wood carving, embroidery and folk costumes, musical instruments and weapons, pottery and weaving, icons and sculptures.
The world's onliest Museum of Pysanka introduces unusual ways how to decorate Easter eggs and surprises with variety of decorative patterns. Historical city center sightseeing.
Objects of the day: Kolomyia
Introduction to Kosiv - the capital of Hutsul crafts.
It seems like nature endued the Hutsul people with a sense of beauty and desire to make their handiworks bright and joyful.
Visiting of the Kosiv market will impress you with its wares brought from all over the region. Acquaintance with Kosiv craftsmen. You will see how the Kosiv ceramics are made and even try to do it yourself sitting at the potter's wheel!
Celebratory Dinner. The story of the Hutsul traditions.
Objects of the day: Kosiv
Trip to Kryvorivnya village - Ukrainian Parnas, - Mecca of the Ukrainian intellectuals.
Tour to museum of Hutsul Grazhda - the reconstructed dwelling of that time.
In Verkhovyna you will meet the most cheerful person of Carpathians and the musician-virtuoso; his collection of folk musical instruments includes hundreds of items - and he can play all of them!
Objects of the day: Kryvorivnia , Verkhovyna
Farewell with the hospitable Hutsulshina and departure to Bukovina.
The capital of Bukovina is Chernovtsi, it is often called as "a paradise for photographers". There are a lot of beautiful buildings that have been preserved since the Austro-Hungarian times along with the various temples and one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Europe.
Introduction to the Residence of the Metropolitans - the most precious tourist gem in the Bukovina necklace.
Objects of the day: Chernivtsi
The price includes:
- accommodation in a hotel / hostel;
- meals (breakfasts, lunches);
- excursions along the route;
- English-speaking guide;
- entrance tickets;
- transport.
